Ella, The Slayer and the Serenity House series
Ella, The Slayer and the Serenity House Series By A. W. Exley **** 4 stars I enjoy a fun historical romance, especially when it has its fill of fantasy. In this case you have the Turned, or Vermin. Yes, folks, we are talking about zombies here. Now I don't typically seek zombie stories but I've enjoyed another series by this author (which I will discuss another time), so this one caught my eye. I also have a slight fascination with retold fairy tales. So here we have the Serenity House series: Ella, The Slayer (Cinderella) Henry, The Gaoler (Rapunzel) Alice, The Player (Alice in Wonderland) Rory, The Sleeper (Sleeping Beauty) Set in Edwardian England at the close of the first world war, Ella is a young woman who survives by her wits and her katana. The sword was left by her father, who returned from the front in a catatonic state, and is now used to dispatch vermin. (I want a katana!) In her spare time, she must serve her stepmother and stepsisters who have taken ...